The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is will on Monday vote on the resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force including the Kenyan Police to Haiti to quell a surge in gang violence.
The U.S.-drafted resolution welcomed Kenya's offer to lead the multinational security force and stated that this would be a non-U.N. force funded by voluntary contributions.It would be allowed to provide operational support to Haiti's National Police, which is underfunded and under resourced, with only some 10,000 active officers for a country of more than 11 million people.
The force would also help secure"critical infrastructure sites and transit locations such as the airport, ports, and key intersections." Powerful gangs have seized control of key roads leading from Haiti's capital to the country's northern and southern regions, disrupting the transportation of food and other goods.
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